Abramoff’s plea renews focus on Hastert’s ‘03 casino letter
WASHINGTON — This week’s guilty plea by lobbyist Jack Abramoff could renew scrutiny of a letter by House Speaker Dennis Hastert urging Interior Secretary Gale Norton to block an Indian casino opposed by rival tribes represented by Abramoff.
Related Gambling News:
- City Renews Focus On Snuffing Out Illegal Gambling
- Plea agreement reached over gambling machines
- Woman accused in poker theft makes plea deal
- Ex-Roxbury cop can’t take back gambling club guilty plea
- Woman gets 15 years for embezzling Bingo funds
- Real Abramoff scandal: monopoly of Indian casinos
- Gretzky turns focus from gambling to Games
- Lawmaker renews push against Net gambling
- Focus on the Family opposing gambling measure
- World Bingo Network shifting focus to Europe
- New focus on venues to fight problem gambling
- Rank Group Wants to Focus on Gambling
Gambling history facts:
- Riverboat casinos were first legalized in Iowa, then Illinois, followed closely by Missouri, Indiana, Louisiana, and Mississippi.
- The name blackjack came from an early bet (since discontinued) that paid 10 to 1 if the player got a jack of spades and an ace of spades, both black cards, as the first two cards.
- Horse racing is the best known and widespread parimutuel betting event. Horse racing is the only form of partimutuel wagering legal in California.
- Pathological gambling is recognized as a medical disorder by the American Psychiatric Association and has elements of addiction similar to alcohol and drug addiction.
RSS feed
